Action Research in School Education #AReTwinning journal (nr. 2/2022)

Action Research in School Education
eTwinning Featured Group
AUTUMN PROJECTS` FAIR
21st of November 2022
Marika Emese Cîmpean
eTwinning featured group`s moderator

Action Research in School Education 2
Action Research in School Education is the journal released within the
@AReTwinning / eTwinning featured group (founded in April 2022).
The goal of the @AReTwinning Group is to provide an online platform for eTwinners (i.e.,
researchers/early career researchers/ student teachers/ teachers/ teacher educators are working
at ITEs) who are interested in learning more about action research or conducting action research.
Members of the group have access to information about the theoretical framework of action
research and learning events on various topics of action research in school education. They are
encouraged to share and work together to put their action research proposals into action.
Our second online event within the group was an Autumn project fair. Group members
were able to share and present their good practice examples. The activity was organised on 21st of
November 2022, there were 50 participants to the event and this number of our journal is
dedicated to the presentations prepared by the invited experts.
Action Research in School Education journal`s editor in chief and coordinator:
Emese Cîmpean, Action Research in School Education eTwinning Featured Group` moderator
#AReTwinning
ISSN 2971 – 9658 / ISSN-L 2971 – 9658
Issue 1, nr. 2 / November 2022

Contributors:
 Mirela Alexandru – eTwinning Romania National
Support Office
 Barbara Zadraveli - eTwinning ambassador (Greece)
 Vasilica Găzdac - eTwinning and Erasmus ambassador
(Romania)
 Marika Emese Cîmpean - eTwinning and Erasmus
ambassador / Action Research in School Education
ISSN 2971 – 9658 / ISSN-L 2971 – 9658

eTwinning Featured Group
AUTUMN PROJECTS` FAIR
21st of November 2022
Autumn projects` fair
21st November 2022
Marika Emese Cîmpean

About the experts
 Mirela Alexandru – eTwinning Romania National
Support Office
 Barbara Zadraveli - eTwinning ambassador (Greece)
 Vasilica Găzdac - eTwinning and Erasmus ambassador
(Romania)
 Marika Emese Cîmpean - eTwinning and Erasmus
ambassador / Action Research in School Education

About the participants
- MENTI.COM: 8858 0242
Link:
https://www.menti.com/al95szx94ri3

eTwinning featured group
#AReTwinning

Teachers as researchers
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov3F3pdhNkk&t=26s

Mirela Alexandru – eTwinning Romania
National Support Office
eTwinning news
and quality criteria
in eTwinning
projects

Barbara Zadraveli – eTwinning ambassador
(Greece)
From
eTwinning
to
Erasmus+

“From eTwinning to
Erasmus+”
Barbara Zadraveli
eTwinning
Ambassador, Greece

eTwinning : the
largest School and
Teachers ‘
Community in
Europe – Part of
Erasmus +
 Portal:
https://school-
education.ec.europa.eu
/el/etwinning
What to offer ???
 Collaboration and
communication
platform for the staff
of educational
institutions
 Opportunities to
develop collaborative
projects
 Educational
Training-
Professional
Development
prospects

 The perfect tool to find
partners for Erasmus+
partnerships
 The new unified platform is the
way …

 The unified online platform is
financed by the Erasmus+
program
 It is directly connected to all
stages of implementation
 Erasmus+ preparation -
Finding partners
 From… to

 Basic quality
assessment
criterion of an
Erasmus+ project
 Basic Action 1 &
2
 Schools are
encouraged to
participate in the
eTwinning platform
 "...the project
incorporates the use
of digital tools -
especially -
eTwinning-..."

 Basic Eligibility
Question…
 Have you used or intend to use
eTwinning, for preparation,
 implementation or
monitoring of the Erasmus+
project

Digital dimension
 "...in the context of
projects in the field of
school education, the use
of the electronic twinning
platform, eTwinning is
strongly encouraged"

 Through the etwinning /
Erasmus + unified
platform
 https://school-
education.ec.europa.eu/e
n
How???
 Create a project of the
same name
 Use the
twinspace
as an important tool
Of Implementation
Dissemination
Sustainability

 https://twinspace.etwinning.n
et/40102/home
et/71012/home
et/86914/home
ICT world Winner project -2018
Age category : 12-15
N.A.T.A. an Erasmus+ - etwinning
project 2018-19
Eco Herit@ge matters . An
Erasmus+ /etwinning project ,
2019-2022

 Start with an etwinning project
 Try to find reliable and
hardworking partners
 Plan your activities carefully
 Apply for Erasmus+
N.M.
The etwinning platform:
the most suitable place to
develop your project!!!

Barbara Zadraveli
https://school-
education.ec.europa.eu/en/netwo
rking/people/nzantrva
barbarazadraveli@yahoo.gr
@Barbara Zadraveli
Facebook , Twitter

Vasilica Găzdac – eTwinning and Erasmus
ambassador (Romania)
Digitalization,
STEAM and anti-
bullying

Vasilica Găzdac – eTwinning and Erasmus

Erasmus Accreditation is like a facility, a plus it’s
specifically for schools of all types and levels.
A school needs to receive the accreditation only
once in the seven years of the Programme
(2022-2027).
∙ To apply, educational institutions have to outline
their own strategy for long-term
internationalization and modernization by
presenting a European Development Plan (EDP)
or an Erasmus+ Plan.
WHAT IS ACCREDITATION?

FIRST YEAR OF ACCREDITATION IN MY SCHOOL
The objectives for the 15 months of the project
of our institution focus on increasing digital
skills, STEAM skills (Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts and Mathematics), anti-
bullying behavior of students and improving the
portfolio of methods and teaching aids,
increasing language skills and cultural, reflection
and self-reflection exercise on the classroom
activity of teachers involved in job-shadowing .
In first year 1.09.2021-30.11.2022, we realized:
20 students involved in group mobilities, 6 with
inclusion support;
4 accompanying teachers;
5 teachers in job-shadowing ;
1 teacher in course;
2 invited experts;

HOW WE FOUND OUR PARTNERS?
Because as part of the accreditation we had
short-term mobility of the students, we
looked for schools that could host us and
meet our needs regarding digitization, STEAM
and anti-bullying, we looking for invited
experts and best courses.
I used the search for valuable and viable
partners
-eTwinning space;
-ESEP for courses;
-partners from other
Erasmus actions ( KA2);

Gymnazium “Josefa Boska”, Cesky Tesin, Czech
Republic
During 24-29.04.2022, our school was
involved in a mixed training event: job-
shadowing and group mobility of students
within the Erasmus + Accreditation
Digitalization, STEAM and Anti-bullying ”“
No: 2021-1-RO01-KA121-SCH-00000034.
From our institution participated in job-
shadowing 3 teachers (Georgeta S.,
Nicoleta B, Mircea S) and in group mobility
10 students from the gymnasium cycle,
grades VII, VIII: (Răzvan B ., Florina A.,
Andrea C., Marius D., Robert G., Denisa I.,
Elias I., Andrei T., Bogdan S., Ismail-
Mohamed A.) together with 2
accompanying teachers.

Gymnazium “Josefa Boska”, Cesky Tesin, Czech
Republic
The activities carried out in the group mobility
of students consisted of holding joint classes
with Czech students, bilingual classes in Czech
and English or Czech and French using
teamwork, project-based learning method,
cooperative learning method on the topics
mentioned above.
After the classes, the students were involved in
cultural and non-formal activities such as
treasure hunting in the town of Cesky Tesin,
using QR codes, visiting nearby cultural sites:
Podobora Archaeological Park, Karvina Castle,
Leaning Church, Ostrava Zoo , Carvina Castle
on the subject of digitization and STEAM and
on the subject of anti-bullying visit to the
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial in Poland and
socializing games with Czech students.

Course with Finnish invited experts:
“Education through action”
Between 27 June - 1July our school hosted a
training course with Finnish experts on the topic
of "Education through action - Out-door
education" invited as part of the Erasmus +
Accreditation.
The Finnish partner institution "SEIKKAILUSYKE
OYY ADVENTRURE PULSE LTD FINLAND" was
represented in our school by the facilitators: Mr.
Seppo Makinen and Mrs. Taina Pitkanen. From
our institution, 20 teachers of various specialties
from all levels of education (preschool, primary,
secondary, professional) participated.

The activities carried out as part of the invited experts action were planned throughout the week
with elements of training in the classical teaching system, presentations related to the specifics
of Finnish education, practical out-door learning exercises, elements of self-reflection, cohesion
development exercises the team, the integration of out-door education elements within the
lessons, the planning of an excursion working in teams, the realization of the excursion on the
territory of Salva, the evaluation and feedback of the course.
We practiced critical thinking and problem solving through games (flying carpet, scarves), we
learned new cognitive games (evolution game, face game, circle game), to solve mathematical
operations using hands and feet, to perform musical covers using sticks, stones, leaves, grass,
let's draw a snake by combining the work of three teams that received different instructions, the
use of the three emotional states in effective communication with students (I'm fine, I'm not
fine, fix it), the use of the Google Lens application for identification of local flora and fauna.

SU Sveti Chiril i Metodii, Vidin, Bulgaria
During the period 25-29.10.2022, "Tiberiu
Morariu" Salva Vocational School was
involved in a mixed training flow with job-
shadowing internships and group mobility
of students within the Erasmus +
Accreditation.
The host school that hosted the mixed
event was S.U Sveti Chiril I Metodii in
Vidin, Bulgaria, specializing in fine arts,
music and choreography; 2 teachers from
our institution participated in job-
shadowing internships. ( Daniel P. , Silvia
B.) and in group mobility 10 students from
the 5th, 6th and 8th grades: ( Răzvan B.,
Daria A., Nicola C., Denisa M., Robert G .,
Darius L., David C., Denis C., Paul S., Silviu
B.)

SU Sveti Chiril at Metodiu, Vidin, Bulgaria
The activities carried out within the group mobility of the students
consisted of holding joint classes with Bulgarian students, bilingual
art classes in Bulgarian and English using teamwork, outdoor
painting on the Danube embankment, modeling on the theme of
the traditional motif Bulgarian (kilim), the project-based learning
method in anti-bullying classes and the cooperative learning and
digital learning method in the arts.
After the lessons, the students were involved in cultural activities in
the city of Vidin, they were part of the school team participating in
the school parade on the occasion of the religious Feast of St.
Dumitru, meeting with local officials, visiting the I. Popov Cultural
Center. In the second part of the days, tourist attractions in the city
of Vidin and nearby were visited: the Baba Vida Fortress, the City
Museum, the Synagogue, the Church of St. Dumitru, the Church of
St. Pantelimon, the Danube embankment, the Popov Cultural
Center, the Belogradcik fortress, the Măgura caves and Venice.

SU Sveti Chiril at Metodiu, Vidin, Bulgaria
An important activity for the participating teachers
was the hour of consultations and analysis of the
assisted activities together with the Bulgarian
teachers where they discussed educational
resources, digital applications, the curricula of the
two education systems, the methods of
assessment of secondary school students
centered on skills, the discussions with the school
management about the activities in the school,
projects, partnerships, the financing methods of
the school, the similarities and differences
between the two education systems. The
movement to realize the training flow was carried
out with a green means of transport to reduce the
carbon footprint and to raise the participants'
awareness of the importance of protecting the
environment.

Research and Valorization of the results
An important aspect of the accreditation action in
the educational institutions involved is research
for educational purposes and one of the
proposed objectives is the measurement of
STEAM skills and the identification of the factors
that determine the growth of these skills through
the European educational exchanges facilitated
by the eTwinning and Erasmus+ programs.
Research is conducted through observations,
questionnaires and other measurement methods
to see the growth of STEAM skills: critical
thinking, team-work, problem solving, creativity,
communication skills, intercultural skills etc.

Autumn projects fair
Thank you for attention!
#AmbasadorErasmus
#AmbasadoreTwinning
Contact: vasilicagazdac@gmail.com
“The European Commission support for the production of this
publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which
reflects the views only of the authors, and the National Agency and
Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be
made of the information contained therein”.

Emese Cîmpean – eTwinning and Erasmus
Sustainability
through eTwinning /
Erasmus+

51
Our future: beautiful,
sustainable, together
The United Nations has defined sustainable development as development that meets the
needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
needs. It assumes that resources are finite and should therefore be used conservatively and
carefully to ensure that they are sufficient for future generations without diminishing the quality
of life today. A sustainable society must be socially responsible, focusing on environmental
protection and dynamic balance in human and natural systems..
Sustainability is
the ability to exist
and develop -
without depleting
natural resources
for the future.

Eco-Clubs and sustainable living
52
Ancient
recipes
ECO Christmas
tree

Reused T-shirts and stone painting

Plogging baggs /
plogging activtities

Eco-Clubs and, the Climate Action project and CodeWeek

eTwinning and sustainability: Green Behavior Code

eTwinning and sustainability: Our sustainable holiday trip

eTwinning and sustainability: O.S.H.T. 2.0

Why research? Why action-research?
“Without data,
you’re just another
person with an
opinion”,
W. Edwards
Deming

Need Analysis– Ecology/Sustainability/Eco-School

Self-reflection: SELFIE – DigComp / Research questions
How could the SELFIE tool
help our school to assess
where we stand with
learning in the digital age?
How can school improve
how it uses technology for
teaching and learning?
Does the school have a
vision for how it wants to
use technology and, if so,
do staff and students know
what it is?

Research questions
The research methods used were
observation, analysis of students’ work
and a questionnaire-based survey, applied
to primary, lower and upper secondary
students and teachers from „Petru Rareș”
National College Beclean, in the 2020-2021
school year, between 30 November – 15
December 2020

Findings
As part of our research, the SELFIE
questionnaires were completed for all the 3 levels of
school education from “Petru Rareș” National College
(primary, lower secondary and upper secondary), as
follows:
• Primary : 118 primary school students; 5 primary
school teachers and 2 headmasters;
• Lower secondary school: 124 lower secondary
students, 19 teachers and 2 headmasters;
• Highschool: 478 upper secondary students, 30
teachers and 2 school leaders.

Findings
Primary school students
Gymnasium
High school students

65
Priorities of my school,
part of the Erasmus Plan
2027
2021
O1. Increased
digital
competences by
21% during
accreditation to
194 pupils and 50
teachers (through
blended-learning
activities in
eTwinning and
Erasmus+)
O2. Increasing
environmental
competences by
15% among
students and
integrated
scientific/ecological
competences
among 10% of
teachers - through
project-based
learning method

66
part of the Erasmus Plan
2027
2021
E-Digital
Academy
2022 - 2023

67
part of the Erasmus Plan: GREEN COMPETENCES
2027
2021

68
part of the Erasmus Plan: GREEN COMPETENCES
2027
2021

What happens next in the AReTwinning group?

• Webinar – 5th of December 2022 (call for presenters is open)

Global Education Week in the AReTwinning group –
you can still contribute to the activity
Link:
https://padlet.com/cimpean_emese/aretwinning_
gew_2022

Autumn projects` fair – you can still contribute here:
Link:
https://padlet.co
m/cimpean_eme
se/AReTwinning
_projects_fair

Q&A + Feedback
Feedback link: https://forms.gle/TNckd9NAdLbdXgUY9

Thank you all for being here!
With respect,
Emese Cîmpean
eTwinning and Erasmus Ambassador
cimpean.emese@yahoo.com
“The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which
reflects the views only of the authors, and the National Agency and Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be
made of the information contained therein”.
#AReTwinning
ISSN 2971 – 9658 / ISSN-L 2971 – 9658

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